i really need help, im in the process of making salt beef using oddleys recipe.
i have a 1.5 kg meat - i made the brine accordind to a 10 kg peace of meat. - i will extract 150 gr for pumping.
all of the ingrediants seem so little
0.5 gr peppercorns
1.5 gr salt peter????? for 10 kilos
when i get to the dry cure
1.5 kg meat=
0.225 gr saltptre??
150 gr salt
sugar....
seems way to little to cover the whole peice of meat...????
am i ok - all the quantites seem so little.....